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Volatus announced that it has been granted a Special Flight Operating Certificate (SFOC) from Transport Canada to conduct remotely piloted aerial operations across the country, beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the pilot. Volatus will conduct a variety of missions across Canada to demonstrate the power of remotely
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Iris Automation has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to participate in the FAA's BVLOS ARC (Aviation Rulemaking Committee). The UAS BVLOS ARC will provide recommendations to the FAA for performance-based regulatory requirements to normalize safe, scalable, economically viable, and environmentally advantageous UAS BVLOS operations that are
UAM/UTM
Dronecloud, the drone Flight Management Software provider, has selected Frequentis to join a consortium that will collaborate on the development of open standard integrations to help unlock Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Drone flights in the UK. Frequentis will support Dronecloud and the consortium with its vast and extensive
UAM/UTM
A future where remotely-piloted aircraft can be flown safely without human intervention will open new possibilities and a wide range of benefits. But while current technology has advanced rapidly toward assuring safe and reliable unmanned traffic management (UTM), disparities in airspace monitoring systems threaten the next phase of progress. Ground-Based
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Kongsberg Geospatial, developer of the TerraLens Geospatial SDK, and Skyports, an enabler of advanced air mobility (AAM), announced that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS airspace situational awareness application has been adopted by Skyports. The technology will be used by Skyports to enhance their BVLOS operations. The Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS airspace visualization
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The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance (NUAIR) and AURA Network Systems (AURA) announced a collaboration to install infrastructure throughout New York’s 50-mile unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) corridor, utilizing AURA’s secure command-and-control (C2) communication links that provide voice, data, and navigation capabilities for the aviation industry. To enhance
UAM/UTM
NASA and The Longbow Group, LLC (LONGBOW) are entering a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with the intention of establishing beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight-corridors for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) unmanned aerial system (UAS) flight tests in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Under this agreement, NASA’s Langley Research Center (LaRC) will partner
Transport
Kongsberg Geospatial and Flirtey announced that the Kongsberg Geospatial IRIS airspace situational awareness application has been implemented by Flirtey within their autonomous software platform that conducts BVLOS autonomous flight operations. Flirtey has conducted more than 6,000 flights to date. Flirtey recently announced that it had completed the technology to
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In a significant step forward for the drone industry, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) command & control solution developer sees.ai has become the first company in the UK to secure authorisation from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to trial a concept for routine Beyond Visual Line of
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Latvian national airline airBaltic and LMT have signed an agreement for collaboration within the drone industry. The agreement foresees a joined development of various drone solutions overseen by general aviation and the development of LMT’s learning program for drone pilots. Both companies will also collaborate on testing the mobile
Business
Latvian mobile innovator LMT and software company Dimetor have partnered to explore the integration of drones into VLL (very low level) airspace. This builds on earlier collaboration where the two companies succeeded in validating the viability of BVLOS drone flights using mobile networks. The current collaboration entails investigative research into
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American Aerospace Technology Inc’s AiRanger (formerly the Resolute Eagle) unmanned aircraft system (UAS/drone) successfully completed a demonstration flight on February 25 as part of NASA’s Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) activities. The objective of the AiRanger demonstration was to tackle key challenges to enable routine commercial UAS